The Neon Bible (film)
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The Neon Bible is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Terence Davies, based on the novel of the same name by John Kennedy Toole. The film is about a boy named David (Jacob Tierney) coming of age in Georgia in the 1940s. His abusive father (Denis Leary) enlists in the army during World War II and disappears and David is left to take care of his mother (Diana Scarwid) with his Aunt Mae (Gena Rowlands) who is a singer. It was filmed in the state of Georgia, in the cities Atlanta, Crawfordville, and Madison.
The film was released in France in August 1995, the United Kingdom in October 1995, Australia in November 1995, and released in the United States on March 1, 1996.
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Cast
- Jacob Tierney as David, aged 15
- Drake Bell as David, aged 10
- Gena Rowlands as Mae Morgan
- Diana Scarwid as Sarah
- Denis Leary as Frank
- Bob Hannah as George
- Aaron Frisch as Bruce
- Charles Franzen as Tannoy Voice
- Leo Burmester as Bobbie Lee Taylor
- Sherry Velvet as First Testifier
- Stephanie Astalos-Jones as Second Testifier
- Ian Shearer as Billy Sunday Thompson
- Joan Glover as Flora
- Jill Jane Clements as Woman
- Tom Turbiville as Clyde
- Sharon Blackwood as Schoolmistress
- Peter McRobbie as Reverend Watkins
- Ken Fight as Schoolmaster
- Dana Seltzer (credited as Dana Atwood) as Jo Lynne
- Virgil Graham Hopkins as Mr. Williams
- Ducan Stewart as Boy in Drugstore
- J.T. Alessi as Boy in Drugstore
- Duncan Stewart as Head Boy
- Frances Conroy as Miss Scover
- Marcus Batton as School Boy
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